Known as the "double
tap," the tactic involves bombing a target
multiple times in relatively quick succession,
meaning that the second strike often
hits first responders.

UN special
rapporteur on extrajudicial killings Christof Heyns said
that if there are "secondary
drone strikes on rescuers who are helping (the
injured) after an initial drone attack,
those further attacks are a war crime."

The U.S. refuses to discuss the
merits of its
overtly covert drone program, but the reports
featured on
@dronestream
clearly document that
U.S. hellfire missiles have intentionally targeted
funerals and civilian rescuers.

And that's only a 10-month
window in Pakistan.
It has
happened in Afghanistan as well, and the first
instance of "explicit intelligence posthumously
proving" that an innocent civilian had been killed
happened in Yemen.

In accordance
with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material
is distributed without profit to those who have
expressed a prior interest in receiving the
included information for research and educational
purposes. Information Clearing House has no
affiliation whatsoever with the originator of
this article nor is Information ClearingHouse
endorsed or sponsored by the originator.)